Past events
Inaugural lecture Marc Bloch Chair - The precision of poetry and the imagination of science
“The precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist”: Explorations in American studies Inaugural lecture by Monica Manolescu, USIAS Marc Bloch Chair 2024-2026 With an introduction by Roland...[more]
Inaugural lecture Paul Ehrlich Chair - Rare genetic diseases: a unique window into biology
How the study of rare genetic diseases sheds light on biology and vice versa: the emblematic example of ciliopathies By Hélène Dollfus, USIAS Paul Ehrlich Chair 2024-2026 With an introduction...[more]
Fellows seminar - The role of music in Romani genocide commemoration
By Siv Lie, 2023 Fellow Ambivalence and appropriateness in musical approaches to Romani genocide commemoration This talk explores recent findings of my Fellowship project, which examines...[more]
Fellows seminar - Unravelling the regulation of gene expression & The link between immune cells and growth
At this joint life sciences seminar, two pioneering USIAS projects that were carried out at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) in Strasbourg will be presented. The...[more]
USIAS Annual Symposium - The Future of Surgery
The speaker for the 2024 edition of the symposium is Jacques Marescaux, professor of surgery, Founding President of the Research Institute against Digestive Cancer (IRCAD) and USIAS Chair of...[more]
Seminar - Dressing for work in the scientific world
By Dr. Françoise Waquet, Director of Research emerita at the CNRS Dressing for work in the scientific world Wearing gloves for a surgical operation or for a procedure in a biology laboratory is now...[more]
Public lecture - Speaking together: Orality in the service of interdisciplinarity
Dr Françoise Waquet, historian, director of research emeritus at the CNRS and guest at USIAS, will give the introductory lecture at the MISHA's annual symposium, entitled "Speaking together: orality...[more]
Fellows Seminar - Studying the use of words to decipher representations of nature and people in first millennium China
By Marie Bizais-Lillig, 2021 Fellow The Chinese Knowledge in Poetry (CHI-KNOW-PO) project mainly focuses on Chinese texts of the first millennium beyond genre distinction. Based on the understanding...[more]
